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IT for retail and logistics
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed post, Laurent Homeyer, retail and hospitality industry advisor in EMEA & APJ, Workday, explains how retailers can properly plan their strategies during the ...
Taking stock of retail tech
The future of fashion in contactless commerce
Business Editor 04 Aug 2020GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post Jessica Murphy, co-founder of apparel and footwear retail personalisation platform True Fit, discusses how technology can help bridge the gap between ...
Singapore’s DBS Bank has launched a digital logistics solutions package for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the logistics sector that are looking to expand their regional footprint. ...
A new popup store has opened in Westfield London to use data collected from social media to sell only products that are trending in real time. By partnering with tech firm Nextatlas, the store will ...
Since the birth of social media platforms, brands have been carefully adapting their marketing strategies to reach the cool kids on whatever their chosen channel of choice. From MySpace, to ...
Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
Web @ 30: Thank you for global connectivity
Managing Editor 11 Mar 2019For the last three decades since its introduction, the web has informed, educated and entertained society. It has given musicians, artists and businesses of any size connectivity to a global ...
Taking stock of retail tech
Conversational commerce: small steps into the new retail frontier
Business Editor 18 Dec 2018GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post Jason Gregory, senior product manager at online retailer ASOS, discusses the growing popularity of conversational commerce - how consumers are increasingly ...
Taking stock of retail tech
Addicted to clicks? Would you try online retail rehab?
Business Editor 19 Oct 2018In early October 2018, fintech firm iZettle ran a rehab centre for online shopping addicts to show the impact e-commerce has on the highstreet. But will this change customer habits? Spoiler alert, ...
Taking stock of retail tech
Moby Mart – The “store of the future” or just a fun idea?
Business Editor 15 Oct 2018During a discussion at Tech by Retail Week in summer of 2018, the co-founders of the unmanned moving store Moby Mart talked about how they believe the “store of the future” will be solar powered, ...
Taking stock of retail tech
Everywoman in Retail Awards – an industry disrupted
Business Editor 27 Sep 2018Much like every other industry, retail is becoming consumed by technology adoption to the point where the two are no long separate sectors. “Every company is a technology company” is a phrase heard ...
This blog from Computer Weekly’s business editor, Clare McDonald, discusses the technology innovations that are evolving the retail sector, including the technology retailers are adopting, the ...
Inspect-a-Gadget
Cash in hand? This cryptocurrency body implant will secure your cyber-cash stash
18 Jan 2018Is the future of secure cryptocurrency storage and payment simply "cash in hand"? Inspect a Gadget looks at how one firm's human microchip implant could help. We’ve all looked on with interest as ...
ITWorks
GUEST BLOG: Choosing a handheld mobile computer to improve warehouse operations
Business Editor 18 Apr 2017In this contributed blog post Paul Reed, regional product manager for Zebra Technologies discusses the technologies retailers should be choosing to increase warehouse productivity. In recent years, ...
2017 Spend to Grow 7%. Large retailers spend £2,000 per employee on IT & telecom products and services. This is dramatically less than the corresponding outlay by all UK large organisations ...
In this guest blog Gavin Mee, senior area vice president of enterprise UKI for Salesforce, discusses how artificial intelligence may be the next step in connecting with the modern shopper. Ever ...
Luxury Italian shoe retailer M.Gemi has designed its store to act as a showroom where customers can experience their product before making a purchase. There has been lots of talk over the last few ...
The Full Spectrum
Advanced public Wi-Fi is key, but security is imperative
Security Editor 11 Nov 2016In this guest blog by Cloud4Wi's Jeff Abramowitz, we explore the need to balance public Wi-Fi network installations with advanced security measures to protect users. Connecting to the internet in ...
3D printing specialist XYZ is experimenting with uses for its printing technology, starting with the potential to print food Computer Weekly has dabbled in the realms of 3D printing before, when ...